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| UNIVERSAL
FORM OF WORSHIP: TEMPLES, PUJA AND HOMA |
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As we have few real temples to
protect us anymore this leaves our societies vulnerable on a subtle level to the
negative forces of the subconscious and the negative effects of our wrong actions. We
can judge the nature of any society by the nature of its temples or churches. However, it is not their
mere number but the quality of aspiration projected through them which reveals this. It is
not enough to make rich and opulent temples, though to the Divine we
should offer what is most valuable to us. What is more important is that we
see the Divine everywhere, that the temple is a presence we take into
our whole sphere of action in society and we treat each being as sacred.
Each house should be a temple, as worship is the natural center for human life. Hence in each house
we should have some central altar, some place of meditation or prayer,
enhanced perhaps by some form of the Divine or sacred object from nature, if but a flower. So too, each
family should have a central form of worship like a daily chant, prayer or
meditation. This need not be formal or rigid. It is the expression of the
heart which is the most important thing. Without this we have no true
family, no common soul, but are only a collection of separate personalities with no sacrament to
link us together. There is so much truth and beauty in each one of us
that it is sad we spend our times trapped in external forms of entertainment, when we should
be sharing our souls with each other. Any human being we live with a
divinity to be cherished. And within ourselves, above all, is the place
where that Divinity is to be enshrined. For this we also need time alone so that our individual
connection with the Divine is pure and direct.
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